Minimum Time to Visit AK from San Francisco?
I'm going to read everything in here, but thought I would just ask a quick question. What's the minimum amount of time I would need to make a trip to Alaska and back, starting in San Francisco? And ...
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"So guessing you are of a good enough health to drive 10 hours a day, figure about a week to get to Alaska and the same to return. Then do the tourist circle for a couple of weeks and with a month, you can have a grand trip. Some of the first or second timers will try to convince you if you can't spend all summer like they did, then don't waste you time going. I totally disagree with them.
They will tell you you can't see everything in a couple of weeks and that is true but you can't see everything if you stay all summer either. Alaska and northern Canada are both huge. I spent 25+ years trying to see it all and never did, but I did wear out 5 airplanes, numerous river boats and RVs trying."
Truer words about Alaska were never spoken.....although I've only managed to wear out 1 airplane, 1 lake boat, 5 sno-go's and 3 ATV's. :)
FWIW, I recently made trip up North for 4 days in-state: 12:01 a.m. Saturday through 11:40 p.m. Tuesday for a variety of business issues. I took the 8 hours I had free on Tuesday and spent it driving to/from Talkeetna...Not necessarily the most scenic drive in Alaska but a good combination of good road, some along-the-way scenery, and absolutely spectacular views of McKinley in an around Talkeetna.
Deciding how to get to AK is the issue: there's really no time too short or too long to spend in the Great Land.
They will tell you you can't see everything in a couple of weeks and that is true but you can't see everything if you stay all summer either. Alaska and northern Canada are both huge. I spent 25+ years trying to see it all and never did, but I did wear out 5 airplanes, numerous river boats and RVs trying."
Truer words about Alaska were never spoken.....although I've only managed to wear out 1 airplane, 1 lake boat, 5 sno-go's and 3 ATV's. :)
FWIW, I recently made trip up North for 4 days in-state: 12:01 a.m. Saturday through 11:40 p.m. Tuesday for a variety of business issues. I took the 8 hours I had free on Tuesday and spent it driving to/from Talkeetna...Not necessarily the most scenic drive in Alaska but a good combination of good road, some along-the-way scenery, and absolutely spectacular views of McKinley in an around Talkeetna.
Deciding how to get to AK is the issue: there's really no time too short or too long to spend in the Great Land.
